Mobile

8 ways to leverage location services

On-campus beacon use can help IT provide local, targeted services and data to employees, temps, clients, and guests

Apple Pay at 1 year: Growing, but slowly

Though it's gaining users, many retailers still aren't touting the mobile payment service

Apple just had its most profitable year in company history

Apple's earnings demonstrate that the company continues to fire on all cylinders.

Inventing 5G networks is hard work – but there’s time for play, too

While regional standards bodies play meetings, Korean SK Telecom is opening a 'playground'

7-Eleven takes a big gulp of customer data

The ubiquitous convenience store chain updates its loyalty program from punch cards to a mobile app for super-frequent patrons


Black Friday, er, Black November tech deals include cheap iPads, free shipping

Walmart, Newegg among retailers teasing techies to start holiday shopping

Harder than herding cats: Networks seek international agreement on new mobile spectrum

At a meeting in Geneva starting next week, government representatives will hash out proposals to hand over more radio spectrum for use by mobile networks

LTE can compete with upstart IoT networks, Verizon says

LTE's huge ecosystem can help create cheap and efficient ways of connecting, the carrier says

GE: We saved $5 million on mobile just by cutting off ex-employees

Moto X Force takes the crushing experience out of dropping your phone

Motorola's Moto X Force one-ups its competitors' offers to replace a shattered smartphone by building one that won't shatter in the first place.